Good food websites
TheSite.org's guide to the best, the weird, and the wonderful food sites on the internet.
Classics
The good old beeb have done pretty well with their food site. The site is fairly easy to navigate and offers a recipe finder, where you can search their site by ingredient or dish name. There is an ask the chef questions section, with FAQs and the option to ask your obscure culinary questions as well as a healthy eating guide to keep your diet balanced.
For those of you who care, or aspire to be a celeb chef you can read how all the c-list cookery stars made it and look at some of their recipes. Alternatively you can print out their pic and throw darts at it. Your call.
More for your mum or your gran this one, however if you aren't irritated by the constant reminder that this site is Delia's, the recipe's are Delia's and Delia seems to love herself a lot, then you will find the occasional useful tip. Myself, I decided that Delia's diary, Travels with Delia, and chat with Delia were just all too vomit-inducing.
Organic
Reasonably priced organic fruit, veg, meat and bread boxed up and delivered for free to your door. Not only that they also have recipes that you can choose by the veg you have in your cupboard. Fantastic.
Obscure
This site has a range of bizarre recipes, recently circulating the office was the ingenious chicken.beer.butt. It's not all this odd, however, the site also boasts the A-Z of cocktail recipes, cheap eats for when your money is tight, and member ratings for the dishes. They have an herbs and spices encyclopaedia, chef's tips on how to look after the tools of the trade, recipes for entertaining, and a guide to gadgets and measurements. You can get involved too, by submitting your own recipes or reviewing a cookbook.
Ironic
Motorway madness - from the joyous news that little chef lollipops are back, to a route planner to make sure all your meals will be catered for by the vertically challenged cook, this site is a joy to behold, with or without the irony. You can check out their menu beforehand, complete with photos, or play a game, enter a competition or download the stylish wallpaper. Roll on the next bank holiday.
Updated: 13/04/2010
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